{"id":8882,"date":"2025-08-10T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testingpeers.com\/?p=8882"},"modified":"2025-08-11T08:51:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T08:51:40","slug":"podcast-episode-133-influencing-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testingpeers.com\/?p=8882","title":{"rendered":"Podcast Episode 133 &#8211; Influencing Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-17629095\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1078751\/episodes\/17629095-influencing-quality.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-17629095&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to episode 133 of the Testing Peers podcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, the Peers (Chris, Callum, David and Russell) explore the complex and often subtle art of influencing quality within teams, organisations and wider cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team share stories from early careers to more recent consulting and coaching experiences. The conversation examines how influence operates in practice and what it truly means to be a voice for quality. This is a discussion about mindset shifts, not mandates. About patience, not prescriptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Topics covered include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What influence looks like in quality-focused roles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The difference between being responsible for quality and being a voice of quality<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Building credibility and rapport in complex environments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How time, language and context influence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coaching versus prescribing solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Making invisible work visible to gain traction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Overcoming cynicism and staying curious<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How influence can ripple beyond the testing team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you are coaching, testing or leading, this episode is packed with practical insights and thoughtful discussion on how to support quality in meaningful, lasting ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>#PeersCon26 Call for Collaborations for written and video submissions until September 30th 2025, and also for VolunPeers. 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